Riot Among Farmers in the North Districts Tokyo, Aug. 23.
Though Central Japan has suffered in recent weeks from an excess of rain the Northern districts are experiencing a serious short age of water owing to a long-continued drought.
AS a result of a dispute regarding possession of water, fighting [broke out this morning between the farmers of two villages in Aomori prefecture. Twenty persons, it is Yeported, were injured before the arrival of a strong detachment of police to disperse the combatants. Renter,
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